Latvia Remains Keen on Euro

Latvia is undeterred by the euro zone's sovereign-debt crisis and intends to adopt the common currency in a little over a year, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said.

The currency's future was thrown into question after Greece, Ireland and Portugal were forced to take international bailouts to keep their economies afloat. That sparked the crisis and the 17-nation euro zone economy is expected to contract 0.3% this year according to...